Welcome to "Drupal 8 Site Building"

Description

Collection: Drupal 8 Site BuildingChapter: Introduction

In this series we're going to be building a Drupal 8 site from start to finish. In this video we explain what "site building" means and give an overview of the huge amount of material that we'll be covering. We're about to have an awesome time, hang on to your seats!

Transcript

Welcome. Regardless of whether you work solo or as part of a team, if you build projects with Drupal you're going to spend a lot of time in the user interface. You'll be creating content, figuring out how to display that content in various ways.

You'll install and configure modules and a lot more. In this series, we'll help you develop the skillset called site building. Site building covers everything that you can do in Drupal without writing code.

Some aspects of site building are straight forward and only require a step or two, like adding a new page. But other aspects are more sophisticated and require that you're aware of numerous concepts and how they work together. A more advanced example that we'll use this series involves displaying a list of custom content in a block that changes dynamically depending on what page you visit.

To set that up requires a significant amount of configuration and awareness of what Drupal is capable of. Becoming a Drupal site building expert will take time, but the goal of this series is to dramatically reduce the amount of time that it takes. I'll be using every technique at my disposal to keep your brain engaged and demonstrate the practical application of each thing that you learn.

I'll also be respectful of your time and keep these videos tight and to the point. To tie everything together, we'll be building a single project from start to finish. Starting with the basic Drupal installation.

By the end, you'll know a ton of new stuff, Including, are you ready? Deep breath. (breathes in) Important Drupal terminology like node, entity, and taxonomy. How to model content with content types and fields.

How to display lists of content in a variety of ways using Views. How to build custom forms. How to fully customize the output of fields and nodes using Views and Display Suite.

How to create blocks and work with block types. How to work with users and set up permissions and roles. How to organize content and taxonomy.

How to configure text formats and the WYSIWYG. How to quickly add brand identity to a website. How security and performance come into play.

How to work with comments and deal with spam. How to add custom CCS, but no, you don't need to know CSS. How to work with URLs and URL redirects.

When you have an active membership, you will be able to see your progress here.

Skill focus: Site BuildingSkill level: Beginner - Intermediate

If you're looking to get started with Drupal 8, this is a great place to begin. In this series we build a practical Drupal 8 site from start to finish and get immersed in the most essential techniques, terminology and tools needed for both professional and hobbyist site builders. No matter how you work with Drupal 8 - as a site builder, programmer, front end developer or project manager - what you learn here will provide a solid foundation.

We cover a lot of material in this series, including these key points:

How to structure content and work with comments

How to evaluate, install and configure modules

How to use views to display lists of content

How to create relationships between content and use them in content lists

How to improve performance and security

How to work with blocks and structure custom block types

How to work with taxonomy, paths, and much, much more

Who this collection is for

This video collection is intended for those who are completely new to Drupal, or for those that want to make sure that they have a solid foundation before moving on to more advanced projects. We assume you know nothing about Drupal, and lead you from start to finish through a practical project.

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